Chapter 54: Mutation
"To be precise, it's the mutant ground-born seeds." Luman corrected.
Mutated ground-growing seeds? Qiao Xi squatted down, picked up a seed, and examined it carefully.
"It has more energy than ordinary plants grown on the ground, and the plants are taller and have a greater yield. I collected it by risking my life by breaking into that space rift. How about it, Miss Qiao Xi, are you interested?" he asked in a low voice.
I am interested indeed, but "its planting environment should be more demanding than that of ordinary ground plants, right?" Josh asked.
"Well, indeed. I don't want to deceive any of my guests. These are different from ordinary ground plants. I collected them in a swamp. There is a lot of humus there, including a lot of rotten magic fruits. Thousands of swamp monkeys are consciously cultivating these mutated ground plants. There are even many corpses of low-level magic beasts that nourish these ground plants." Luman spoke as if he was telling a story.
But Josh had a question, "How did you collect these ground-dwelling animals while avoiding thousands of swamp monkeys?"
The onlookers nearby also pricked up their ears and opened their eyes wide, wanting to listen to his story.
"Uh," Luman smiled awkwardly, "I just made some disguises and easily avoided the inspection of the swamp monkey. This is not the point, it's just a trivial matter."
But everyone didn't think so. They were eager to know how Ruman managed to avoid these cunning and cruel monkeys and collect these fruits. Their curiosity was aroused and they asked questions one after another.
Mr. Luman's face changed again and again, and he had no choice but to say helplessly: "I covered my whole body with their excrement, soaked in the swamp, moved slowly for a distance every day, and only collected the fruits that fell on the water. In this way, no monkey found me."
Wow! Everyone exclaimed. They thought it would be a story about a warrior rushing into a swamp and fighting against a thousand enemies alone. They didn't expect Mr. Luman to be so humiliated. It was really embarrassing.
"Wouldn't it be smelly in the swamp? Would you feel feces? How do you eat?" a little girl asked three questions in confusion.
"Well, just eat it like that." Mr. Luman was a little embarrassed.
The little girl was quickly taken away by her parents, and everyone understood Mr. Luman's current behavior a little better.
"It's really not easy, isn't it?"
"That's right. Maybe when you're eating, there's a pile of feces next to you."
"My God, he's really patient."
The crickets in the crowd were a little loud, and Josh regretted asking this question. "I'm so sorry, Mr. Luman, for making you lose face in front of so many people."
"Well, what's the big deal? If I was afraid of being laughed at, I wouldn't say it. If you want to get a satisfactory result, you must pay some unspeakable price. Miss Qiao Xi, please don't feel guilty." Lu Man was open-minded and was not afraid of being laughed at. He swept away the embarrassment just now and picked up the seeds to show Qiao Xi.
"What do you think, Miss Qiao Xi, are you interested in buying these ground yak seeds? You can exchange them for big-tailed yak milk." He actively promoted these seeds to Qiao Xi.
"Isn't the weekly supply of big-tailed yak milk enough to satisfy your Liejiao Panniu?" Qiao Xi asked curiously.
"Hey, stop talking. Ever since that damn Fiery-Horned Bull drank the milk of the Big-Tailed Yak, it refused to drink any other intermediate monster milk. It would rather eat grass than drink. I'm afraid it will be malnourished and have developmental problems." Mr. Luman gritted his teeth when he said this. He was really tortured by the calf at home.
"Hmm, let me think about it." The quality of these mutated ground vegetables is displayed here. They are of better quality and higher yield than ordinary ground vegetables. They are undoubtedly a better choice.
However, the difficulty of planting is unknown and may be more difficult than imagined. Josh does not want to waste his efforts in vain, what if nothing grows out?
"Ms. Qiao Xi, listen to me. You have an advantage over other farmers in growing these mutant land plants." Luman knew Qiao Xi's concerns, so he began to persuade her.
"Advantage?"
"I heard from the Swallow-tailed Gull that there is a vast lake in your Twilight Farm, surrounded by vast lakeside swamps. You have the advantage of terrain."
"But I haven't developed those tidal flats yet. The nutrients in the swamps are definitely not as good as those in the secret space. Can they grow well?"
"Oh my God, you don't have to worry about this. There are livestock on every farm. If you can't find the right quality, you can make up for it with quantity. You can use the feces of those monsters to transform the swamps. I believe you can do it. Besides, there are not many of these ground-planting seeds. Even if you try it once, you won't lose anything, Miss Qiao Xi. If you succeed, you will have one more high-quality agricultural product in the autumn farm rating competition, and you may get more rewards."
To be honest, Josh was persuaded by his suggestion. All these ground-plant seeds added together were not enough to plant the newly reclaimed farmland. It would be possible to try using them in the small swamps around the Glimmering Lake.
"Okay, then I'll try it." Qiao Xi obtained this small bag of mutant ground-born seeds at the price of double the big-tailed yak milk this month.
At the same time, she did not forget the little bees.
"Mr. Luman, do you have any flower seeds to recommend? I have a group of bees on my farm. Spring is almost over, and I need to plant a few flower fields for them as a source of nectar."
"You have bees on your farm? That's amazing. Let me think about it and I'll select the most suitable seeds for you." Mr. Luman became interested and took out a notebook from his arms, thinking seriously.
"Excuse me, are you the bee elf?"
Josh nodded.
"Then you can't choose some ordinary flowers and plants, otherwise it will affect the quality of your honey." Luman said cautiously.
"Ms. Qiao Xi, what flowers do the bees mainly collect food from now?" He asked, looking up from his notebook.
"There are giant lemon flowers, bitter candy tree flowers, taro flowers on the farm, and some other miscellaneous flowers in the forest." Qiao Xi was a little helpless.
"Is there no fixed source for collecting nectar? You really need to pay attention to this issue." Luman frowned.
"I think you need to choose some perennial flowers and plants as nectar sources, don't you think? That way you don't have to open up new flower fields for them year after year, you can solve the problem once and for all."
What Mr. Luman said made sense. He had considered Josh's future. Indeed, if he had to replace the flower fields with new ones every season like planting crops, Josh would be exhausted.
"Mr. Luman, what kind of plants do you think are suitable for my farm?"
"Well, there are many suitable flowers. If Miss Qiao Xi has time, we can go to my flower garden to take a look. After all, it will be a scene of the farm in the future. In case you don't like it."
(End of this chapter)
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